Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n.
   The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness;
   barrenness.

Source : WordNet®

meagerness
     n : the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that
         would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot [syn: {meagreness},
          {poorness}, {scantiness}, {scantness}, {exiguity}]